Real Estate
Real Estate Sales for March
Single-family homes 325 N. Las Palmas Ave. 439 S. Orange Dr. 631 N. Martel Ave. 631 N. Curson Ave. 337 N. Alta Vista 348 N. Citrus Ave. 327 N. Beachwood Dr. 4016 Wilshire Blvd. 136 S. Martel Ave. 570 Lillian Way 830 S. Burnside Ave. 4711 Wilshire Blvd. 624 N. Highland Ave. 955 Keniston Ave. […]
Sequestered neighbors turn to housework
There’s a joke going around the internet attesting that, by the end of COVID-19 isolation, we shall all emerge as either gourmet cooks or have a drinking problem. A third option might be the most relevant: we’ll all become COVID-cleaners. Not just the required sanitizing of every surface, every roll of toilet paper, every can […]
On Preservation: Historic preservation protects affordable neighborhoods
Looking for things to do during the recent coronavirus pandemic lockdown that fell upon the city mid-March, I came upon the Los Angeles Conservancy’s recent study entitled “Preservation Positive Los Angeles.” The study was released at one of the final gatherings of the season, on March 5, at the 1928 Art Deco-style gem, the Trust […]
Real Estate Sales for February
Single-family homes 356 S. Hudson Ave. 214 S. Van Ness Ave. 316 N. Edinburgh Ave. 110 S. Martel Ave. 935 S. Burnside Ave. 626 N. Vista St. 128 S. Formosa Ave. 438 N. Crescent Heights Blvd. 326 N. Plymouth Blvd. 151 S. Kilkea Dr. 590 N. Cahuenga Blvd. 439 N. Kilkea Dr. 1155 Alvira St. […]
Archeologist speaks for earth’s oldest oak
13,000 years ago, when the Tar Pit ooze was swallowing Ice Age mammoths, an unassuming little Palmer’s Oak, growing just south of what is now Fontana, cloned itself. Every time a forest fire attacked one of its limbs, the burnt branch would sprout a clone stem, thus insuring it would live forever — unless threatened […]
Home Ground: ‘Art is the Client:’ LACMA, the wrecking ball, and surviving jewel box
Four buildings at LACMA face the percussion hammer, wrecking ball or computer-controlled hydraulic jack — perhaps all three — but not quite yet. Remediation began earlier this year, removing asbestos and other materials, preparing for Los Angeles’ farewell to William L. Pereira’s three 1965 pavilions and the Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer wing. Replacing them will be […]
